 | An orphaned Mary Lennox is spoiled, sickly, and certain she won’t
enjoy living at her uncle’s estate. Mary’s imagination runs wild when
she finds a locked up garden that once belonged to her aunt that died about
10 years earlier. Mary changes the garden to beauty and also not realizing
but changes herself. She keeps the garden her biggest secret. As she plants
new life into the earth her sour personality begins to sweeten. There is
though another secret that Mary soon discovers. Away from the rest of the
house lies her young cousin Colin who believes he is an incurable invalid
destined to die young. He has tantrums that are so frightful, that no one
can reason with him. Mary just hopes that maybe she could get Colin to love
the secret garden as much as she does because just as it worked magic on her
it could do the same on him. This book is full of beauty and power and is
just an excellent book for anyone who has even felt afraid to live and love.
The Secret Garden portrays the reawakening of spirits because the characters
are portrayed so strong and distinct that even readers can continue to
identify with them 85 years later. |
